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Salmon starter recipes

From smoked salmon blinis to a stunning choux wreath, these salmon recipes all make extra special starters before the main event – and many can be make ahead to leave you with less faffing later. Some of our favourite salmon starter recipes include a salmon roulade and smoked salmon, fennel and clementine salad.

Can’t get enough? Visit our salmon recipe and info hub or check out our salmon fillet recipes. And for Christmas, our festive fish collection contains favourites such as salmon en croute and salmon canapés.

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Easy salmon

Salmon and avocado summer rolls

Uyen Luu shares her recipe for salmon and avocado summer rolls. Vietnamese rice paper rolls are stuffed with salmon, avo and fresh herbs.

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Trout

Brown sugar-cured trout with easy wheaten bread

This festive trout starter sings with aniseed flavours, from the spices in the cure to the glorious tarragon herb butter on the bread.

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Celebrity chef recipes

Raymond Blanc’s salmon gravadlax with cucumber and dill salad

Raymond Blanc's salmon gravadlax is an ideal centrepiece for a celebration. Make it and share with an assortment of sides!

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Make-ahead Christmas starters

Individual smoked salmon terrines for Christmas

Looking for a salmon starter? Make this easy to prepare smoked salmon terrine recipe as a starter to serve at a dinner party, or Christmas lunch...

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Christmas starters

Beetroot-cured salmon with watercress

This colourful Christmas starter uses beetroot and colourful citrus zest to produce a beetroot-cured salmon that looks as good as it tastes.

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Christmas salmon

Salmon blini stack

Pile 'em high with this triumphant salmon blini stack; it makes for an impressive dinner party starter but also makes a knockout Christmas brunch dish.

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Christmas starters

Vesper martini-cured salmon with rye blinis

These Vesper Martini-cured salmon and rye blinis are inspired by the Bond film, Casino Royale. They make an impressive dinner party starter.

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Cured salmon with crème fraîche and dill

Curing your own salmon is easy to do and adds an extra touch of wow-factor to this simple starter, served with crème fraîche.

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Canapés

Mini beetroot and horseradish blinis

Feed a crowd with these pretty 'n' pink beetroot blinis. Top with fiery horseradish and anything else you fancy such as smoked salmon or extra beetroot.

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Salmon fillet

Cumin-cured salmon

Home-curing is such a rewarding way of preparing meat or fish. Have a go at this cumin-cured salmon recipe – perfect for laid-back entertaining.

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Healthy salmon

Pepparrotssås (horseradish sauce) with pickled herring and hot-smoked salmon

If you like the fiery heat of horseradish sauce, then you'll love this easy starter recipe. A creamy sauce is topped with Scandinavian seafood.

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Showstopping salmon

Cheesy choux wreath with hot smoked salmon and horseradish dip

This impressive tear-and-share cheesy choux wreath is served with a fiery smoked salmon, horseradish and cream cheese dip.

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Christmas starters

Smoked salmon, fennel and clementine salad

The refreshing flavours of clementine and fennel cut through the salty richness of the smoked salmon perfectly. This salad would make a fine Christmas starter served with a crusty loaf of bread.

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